Predictors of major complications after elective abdominal surgery in cancer patients.
Claudia M SimõesMaria J C CarmonaLudhmilla Abrahão HajjarJean-Louis VincentGiovanni LandoniAlessandro BellettiJoaquim E VieiraJuliano P de AlmeidaElisangela P de AlmeidaUlysses RibeiroAna L KaulingCelso TutyiaLie TamaokiJulia T FukushimaJosé O C AulerPublished in: BMC anesthesiology (2018)
Our findings suggest that a perioperative strategy aimed at reducing perioperative complications in cancer surgery should include treatment of preoperative anaemia and an optimal fluid strategy, avoiding fluid overload and intraoperative use of colloids.